Sep 06 Atlanta Life Insurance Company established

Sep 13 The birth of Claudette Colbert, French actress

Sep 18 The birth of Greta Garbo, Swedish born film actress

Jun 21 The birth of Jean-Paul Sartre, French playwright

Jun 07 Norway dissolves union with Sweden (in effect since 1814)

Jun 11 Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs)

Jun 28 Russian sailors mutiny aboard the battleship "Potemkin"

Jun 10 The first forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me

Jun 01 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition opens in Portland, Oregon

Dec 16 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, first published

Dec 11 120ø F (49ø C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)

Dec 24 The birth of Howard Hughes, American tycoon

Dec 24 Howard Hughes born

Aug 13 Japanese seize Canadian ship Antiope out of Victoria as a carrier of contraband; during Russo-Japanese War.

Aug 30 Baseball slugger Ty Cobb makes his major league debut.

Aug 30 Ty Cobb's first major league at bat (Detroit Tigers)

Aug 05 Norway cuts diplomatic ties with Sweden

Oct 30 Aspirin developed by the German company Bayer

Oct 01 The Grand Trunk assumes control of the 460 mile Canada Atlantic system by agreement dated August 15, 1904.

Oct 20 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days

Oct 26 The first Soviet (workers' council) formed, St Petersburg, Russia

Oct 26 Union of Sweden & Norway ends

Oct 30 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties

Jul 27 J Palisa discovers asteroid #569 Misa

Jul 30 M Wolf discovers asteroid #570 Kythera

Jul 29 The birth of Dag Hammarskjold, Former UN Secretary-general

Jul 22 Body of John Paul Jones moved to Annapolis, MD for reburial.

Jul 26 P Gotz discovers asteroid #568 Cheruskia

Jul 22 Phila Athletic's Weldon Henley no-hits St Louis Browns, 6-0

Jul 08 Part of Angel Island allocated for Immigration Detention Center

Jul 11 Black intellectuals & activists organize Niagara movement

Jul 07 127ø F (53ø C), Parker Ariz (state record)

Mar 31 German emperor Wilhelm II visits Tanger

Mar 11 Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1

Mar 28 Paramaribo-Dam railway opens in Suriname, never used

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